Heating up the tires
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Not using water on DR's is a good way to smoke a clutch, esp. in a Vette with its tall rear gears.
DR's have a much stickier compound than normal tires.
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Hog
DR's have a much stickier compound than normal tires.
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Hog
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F8L,
Any tips on doing a burnout with a Vette? My pops is having a tough time getting it done right with his Z.
I can go over to the Vette forums but, I thought I would just check.
Thanks.
Any tips on doing a burnout with a Vette? My pops is having a tough time getting it done right with his Z.
I can go over to the Vette forums but, I thought I would just check.
Thanks.
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Originally Posted by hog
Not using water on DR's is a good way to smoke a clutch, esp. in a Vette with its tall rear gears.
DR's have a much stickier compound than normal tires.
peace
Hog
DR's have a much stickier compound than normal tires.
peace
Hog
I've owned DRs since the first came out as daily drivers on 2 of my cars. i'm familiar with em on auto equipt cars.
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Originally Posted by Sport Side
F8L,
Any tips on doing a burnout with a Vette? My pops is having a tough time getting it done right with his Z.
I can go over to the Vette forums but, I thought I would just check.
Thanks.
Any tips on doing a burnout with a Vette? My pops is having a tough time getting it done right with his Z.
I can go over to the Vette forums but, I thought I would just check.
Thanks.
My problem stemmed form the computer sensing "abuse" and it would drop timing to the point I couldnt continue the burnout. Even using the water box only helped marginally and I could only get about a 4sec burnout which wasnt enough to get my particular DRs sticky but was enough for the C5 since I was nearly stock. The same rim/tire on my T/A didnt need water and never seemed like it had an issue spinning em, especially with a 4400 stall, 3:73s and plenty of power. *shrug*
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Originally Posted by litreddevil
just rember u have to get u'r tire speed up when doing the burn out
Winding out a short gear in 1st gear isnt spinning quick enough IMO. I really had to get the BFG DR's hot for them to work 100%.
Iw as running 4.10's iwth the 3.06:1 1st gear for a 12.4:1 final drive ratio with the 28" 325/50/15 DR's. The truck runs 2.0 60ft's on the 2500rpm S-10 stall converter.
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